Novel Device for High Blood Pressure Implanted - MedGadget - www.medgadget.com
(referred by Marcelo Gustavo Colominas [mailto:mgcolominas@hotmail.com])
WROC-TV 8 in Rochester, NY reports that 36 year old Annette Lawrence of Rochester has made history yesterday when she became the first patient in the world to be implanted with the Rheos Baroreflex Hypertension System. The system, designed for treatment of drug refractory hypertension, works through the activation of baroreceptors--"pressure sensors" located inside the carotid sinus that are partially responsible for blood pressure regulation.
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